Philip Johnson

The Boston Public Library gained an unusually high profile when it filed a police report in late April: Two artworks worth more than $600,000 had been stolen. The artworks -- a valuable engraving by Albrecht Durer and an etching by Rembrandt -- could be viewed by patrons by appointment in a rare books room and had been stored in a locked room. They had gone missing weeks before the police were notified. The good news is that the $600,000 worth of art wasn't stolen. It was in the public library after all -- it had simply been misfiled. The artworks were found June 4 about 80 feet away from where they belonged. The bad news is that an audit of the library has raised questions and...

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